My first blower race in my TL-S, I was at the stop light and a Lexus GS430 was next to me, it wasn't this gen GS, it was the last gen, anyway we took off and I smoked him!

 

Nice Kill But That Is A Quick Car He Must Of Been A Reallly Stupid Driver You Were Supposeed Toi Lose That Race

 

A win is a win...

 

according to official test times 0-60, the TL-S and GS 430 are rated both at about 5.8 seconds. the gs is about 190 pounds heavier than the TL-S w/ manual tranny and 74 pounds heavier than the auto TL-S

 

Nice kill, I keep telling everyone the TL-S is pretty quick!

 

Sweet kill

 

Sounds really fun Are you sure he knew he was in a race.. ?

 

That's correct, the new GS430's acceleration is rated at 5.8 sec in 0-60, which is about the same as the Standard TL 6spd MT. The official number is 5.9 sec but the best time done is at 5.8 sec. It doesn't matter the GS driver pushed it or not. It's not enough to beat the TL MT. The TL Type-S 6MT will hand out ass though.

 

Nice race. The TL-S is damn quick!

Matt

 

It wasn't the new GS it was the one they had out before now but, still was a good test, also I'm not sure if his had Nav which also adds weight.

 

My TL-s is an AT

 

ha ha I rearly lose a race. i dunno about the drive other then the fact that hes a sore loser cuz he rode my a** after that cuz the lane became one.

 

I think the TLS is quicker then that, there hasn't been enough testing yet only road and track had thoses numbers and the car was hardly broken in look at how many 0-60 the lexus IS has, its either 4.9 or 5.1 then its 5.4 blah blah blah ya got to just figure its around 5 flat cuz most say 5.1 and 4.9, only like 2 said higher. so when they have more tests on the TLS then I figure we will have an idea of how quick it is.

 

congrats... i had my first race yesterday (i got my car yesterday) and smoked a pontiac firebird by 2 car lengths... it was the V6 bird, but it was a good feeling

 

Is yours a TLS, be careful with her....you can't do that when its brand spankin new, how did you buy a new car on Sunday? BTW the V6 Bird is like 8.9 sec

 

no its not a TLs.. my bad... i got it on Saturday night (signed the line) , i just drove it for the first time Sunday (well... REALLY driving). its not BRAND NEW but it only has 20,XXX miles on it... I have a 5AT

is 8.9 for the 1/4 or for 0-60?

 

0-60, the V6 bird is not that fast, its just GM's 3.8 V6 which has been used in many of there cars over the years. Congrats on your TL hope you enjoy it....I miss my old one the 05 =( I hope it found a good home.

 

haha wanna trade? Ill take a TLS!!

 

When are you bozos going to learn ? When you actually "kill" someone for real ????

I will say it again, as I have said in every excessive speed thread I have seen, if you want to wrap yourself around a pole, that's your business. When you put other innocent lives in danger you are totally F'ed up.

Go to a track or a drag strip if you need to prove you have hair on your chest. At least the only lives you will endanger are your own.

You are probably the same people that drop a burning cigarette butt on the ground when you pull up to a gas pump.

You may think I am being a pill, but I have read too many stories about innocent people that have lost their lives because a couple of idiots were "drag racing" on a public road or highway.

Use a little common sense please and keep the roads and highways safe for all of us.

 

okay lets not lecture the kid. he wants to race the damn thing let him. We cant stop him...

Im moving this to racing and competition...

EDIT: hes 29? sorry, disregard kid comment...

 

mine was actually on a closed industrial road.... known for drags... no public access as it is now private property......

 

If I wanted a slow car I would of purchased a TSX, I didn't get a TL-S so that could drive it like an old lady, it was just a small race, it's not like we got up to 100, and its not like I take someone on every chance I get either.

 

amen... not to mention most races are just based off of start off speed because the distance to the next set of stop lights arent that far away... unless your on the freeway or something.

 

are you calling me old =( I don't look 29 hehe

Thank you trancemission

 

well your name is acuraBOY lol jk jk

 

I must not be able to read, but I see no mention of excessive speed by the OP.

Is street racing illegal? Yes. Are there people out there that street race and regularly do so at excessive, dangerous speeds? Yes. Besides being illegal, is agressive acceleration up to the speed limit dangerous? No.

 

levon... you're amazing.... that's what I was trying to say, but you said it better

races nowadays are USUALLY fast excelleration

 

I agree with you. A lot of people here think the TL-S is slow cuz "ONE" magazine tested it and got similar times to the 04-06 A-Spec TL 6 MT.

 

What's the big hold up? How come C&D and other magazines still haven't tested the new TL-S in more details? I really want to see more numbers so that like you guys have said, we can get a better idea of how fast the TL-S is.

 

As a matter of "fact", that one mag test made the TL-S to be only marginally quicker than the Accord V6 6MT. I am fairly certain real world times would yield a greater margin of victory.

 

I have seen a magazine (I think it was C&D) that got 14.2 in a TL 6MT, so I definitely expect the TL-S 6MT to be at least as fast.